{"id":43084,"date":"2025-03-12T20:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=43084"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:11:42","slug":"caf-elections-kurt-okraku-elected-to-cafs-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-elections-kurt-okraku-elected-to-cafs-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Elections : Kurt Okraku elected to CAF&#8217;s\u00a0 Executive Committee."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has been elected to serve as a member of the CAF&#8217;s\u00a0 Executive Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian football administrator got the nod to serve with 24 other members for a four-year mandate which runs from now to 2029.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gfa-introduces-happy-hour-project\/\">GFA introduces Happy Hour Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr.Okraku&#8217;s appointment sterns from the development of the game at the grassroot level, ensuring that the women&#8217;s football gets the needed recognition and support as well as other viable areas of football in the country.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-elections-patrice-motsepe-re-elected-as-caf-president-for-second-term\/\">CAF Elections : Patrice Motsepe re-elected as CAF President for second term<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFA President adds up to a number of Ghanaians (Ohene Djan, Kobina Hagan, Nana Fredua Mensah, Samuel Okyere, and Kwesi Nyantakyi) who have in times past served on the CAF&#8217;s ExCo.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has been elected to serve as a member of the CAF&#8217;s\u00a0 Executive Committee. &nbsp; The Ghanaian football administrator got the nod to serve with 24 other members for a four-year mandate which runs from now to 2029. 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